Asked by Monica Ceballos on Feb 18, 2024

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How was OCD, along with hair-pulling disorder, skin-picking disorder, and hoarding, reclassified in the DSM-5?

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)

Anxiety disorder characterized by obsessions (persistent thoughts) and compulsions (rituals).

  • Identifying the changes made to the diagnostic criteria for these disorders in the DSM-5.
  • Recognizing the rationale behind the reclassification and its implications for diagnosis and treatment.
  • Understanding the reclassification of OCD, hair-pulling disorder, skin-picking disorder, and hoarding in the DSM-5.
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Kaitlyn SatherFeb 18, 2024
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▪ OCD had previously been classified in the DSM as an anxiety disorder.
▪ In the DSM-5 OCD, along with hoarding, hair-pulling, and skin-picking disorders, were given their own diagnostic category.
▪ This reclassification was made because all these disorders have features of repetitiveness, problems with behavioral inhibition, and show comorbidity.